Fly-net.



No. 777,946. PATENTED DEC. 20, 1904. W. ERDIVIANN & W. KOOTZ.

FLY NET.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 18, 1904.

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No. 777,946. Patented December 20, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.l

WILLIAM ERDMANN AND WILLIAM KOOTZ, OF MILVAUKEE, WISCONSIN,

ASSIGNORS TO GEM HAMMOCK & FLY NET COMPANY, OF MILWAU. KEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

FLY-NET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,946, dated December 20, 1904.

` Application filed May 18, 1904l Serial No. 208,507.

T @ZZ whom may @0W/@WWII of a longitudinal bar of our improved iiy-net.

Be it known that we,WILLIAM ERDuANN and This bar is advisably of leather, cut in a strip 50 WILLIAM Koo'lz, residing in Milwaukee, in of such width as to be folded together centhe county of Milwaukee and State of Wistrally longitudinally into a bar of half the consin, have invented new and usefulImprovefull width of the strip. This forms a bar of ments in Fly-Nets, of which the following is an integral strip of material, but so Jfolded a description, reference being had to the actogether as to be of double thickness, pro- 55 companying drawings, which are a part of viding a rounded or folded medial portion 2, this specification. through which medial portion a series of ap- IO Oui' invention relates to improvements in ertures is provided. The strands 3 maybe fly-nets adapted to be used on horses in warm of cord, of cotton, or wool or flax, or other weather to keep off iiies and insects. Flyflexible material, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 60 nets for this purpose are made of flexible 3, or may be of leather, as illustrated in Figs. material, and consist of a large number of 4, 5, and 6. To secure these strands 3 to the transversely-disposed strands and dangling bars l, each strand where it crosses a bar is lashes and longitudinally-strengthening and run through an aperture 4 in the medial porretaining bars. tion 2-say from the right toward the left, 65

The object of our invention is to provide as shown in Fig. lwand then the strand lies an inexpensive net, but strong and durable against the medial portion 2 of the bar on the 2O in quality, easily made, and having the transinside to an adjacent aperture 5, through verse strands and lashes securely fastened in which it runs outwardly, and thence lies along and to the longitudinal bars, which therefor on the outside of the medial portion of the 70 are of a novel and more efficient character bar to an aperture 6, through which it runs, than have heretofore been in use, and which and thence it extends between the two sides bars furnish a protection for the strands and or layers of the bar toward the left. By this lashes, and also because of their firmer and means each of the strands and all of them toless-yielding qualities and the manner of segether are secured in the bar to some extent 75 curing the strands and lashes thereto they against shifting in the bar endwise; but to adkeep the strands well separated from each ditionally and securely fasten the strands in other and the entire net in excellent form. place in the bar and to hold the two sides of The invention consists of the fly-net, its the bar together against the strands we emparts, and combinations of parts, as herein deploy a binding-cord 7, which is passed back 8O scribedand claimed,or the equivalentsthereof. and forth in reverse directions through ap- In the drawings, Figure l showsafragment ertures 8 8, transversely through the two sides i 3 5 of a longitudinal bar of a fly net and fragor opposing layers of the bar, and along alterments of strands therewith, showing the connately on the outside and on the inside of the struction of the bar and the manner of insertbar, each alternate loop of this binding-cord 3 5 ing and securing the strands therein. Fig. 2 straddling the strand 3 where it passes from is a longitudinal section centrally on line 2 2 the aperture 6 between the two layers or sides of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 of the bar. By these means the strands are 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 shows a fragment of a eifectually secured in place in the bar against net, exhibiting changed forms of construction shifting endwise, and the doubled or folded 90 from the form shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. bar is held securely foldedupon itself and on Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the form of the transverse cord.

construction shown in Fig. 4. Fig.l 6 is a de- In the form of construction shown in Figs. tail of the form of construction illustrated in 4, 5, and 6 the bar l is made of a strip of Figs. 4 and 5. leather of substantially three times the width 95 In the drawings, l represents a fragment of the completed bar and is folded along two longitudinal lines thereof at substantially equal distances from the edges of the bar, which distances are also substantially the same as the distance between the folds, so that the bar as folded and thus completed is of three thicknesses, as shown in Fig. 5. This makes a bar of firmer structure than a bar is that is only of double thickness, like the bar shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. In the bar thus made of three thicknesses there are two folded or medial portions of the bar through which transverse apertures 9 9 are made. With this form of bar we have also shown another form of strand that may be employed in our improved net, consisting ofleather strings 10 10, and these may be made of short strips or cut from small pieces of leather and may be spliced together by means of a small metal band l1, gripped, and thereby secured tightly against overlapping ends of two strings. These overlapping ends of two strings may be arranged to come on the inside of the bar between the two opposite apertures 9 9 in the opposite folds of the bar, and being secured together by the band ll they will form an enlargement or boss on the strand that will be so large as not to be capable of passing through either one of the apertures 9 9, and the strand will thereby be held in position in the bar against accidental or improper shifting endwise. In this form of construction the binding-cord 7 is put through the three thicknesses of the bar in apertures therefor, and each alternate loop of this binding-cord straddles a strand of the net, as in the form of construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, thus binding the three layers of the bar together firmly and efiiciently securing the strands in place in the bars.

Leather strands may be employed in the form of construction shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, as also cotton, linen, or wool strands may be employed in the form of construction shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, and the cotton, linen, or wool strands may be made of short pieces of string that are united in any suitable manner, even by means of metal bands,

within the folds of the longitudinalbar; but it will be noted that in this form of construction no metal band or splicing-staple is employed in any outside position, where it will be exposed to the weather and liable to rust, and thereby be destroyed in a short time. The construction throughout is exceedingly pliable, while at the same time it is strong, reliable, and durable.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. Ina fly-net, a bar of fiexible material folded longitudinally and provided with apertures through the bar in and along the medial folded portion, transverse strands through the apertures in the folded portion of the bar and transversely thereof between the sides of the bar, and a binding-cord through the sides of the bar in reverse directions alternately and straddling each transverse strand crossing the bar.

2. In a fly-net, a bar of flexible material folded longitudinally and provided with apertures in and through the folds thereof,'the sides or layers of the bar being of substantially equal width, strands through the apertures in the folds of the bar and extending between the layers of the bar across it, and a bindingcord passing alternately back and forth through the layers or sides of the bar and straddling each transverse strand that crosses the bar.

3. In a iy-net, a bar of iiexible material folded longitudinally and provided with apertures through the bar in and along' the folded line thereof, strands crossing the bar between the sides thereof each strand passing back and forth through three of said apertures in the fold, and means for securing the sides of the bar to each other in the folded condition of the bar.

In testimony whereof we aiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ERDMANN. WILLIAM KOOTZ. Witnesses:

ANNA F. SCHMIDTBAUER, ALMA KLUG. 

